Lessons from Reagan and Thatcher - PM John Howard

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/23/Uncommon_Knowledge_John_Howard

The Hoover Institution's Peter Robinson interviews former Australian Prime Minister John Howard on the economic legacies of 1980s conservative leaders Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. "The ledger is very much on the side of economic liberalism," says Howard.

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Prime Minister John Howard offers insights into Australia's own "special relationship" with the United States beginning with why Australia's participation in the Iraq war was in his nation's best interest. Echoing parallels with the United States, he offers his views on multiculturalism - which he calls "a very confused credo" - and Australia's role in the "Anglosphere," particularly as it relates to China, its largest and most powerful Asian neighbor.

He speaks of the current financial crisis and the need to remain confident in the market and the dangers of overregulation. Finally, he answers "What should Americans know about Australia that we don't?" - Hoover Institution

John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian politician and the 25th Prime Minister of Australia. He is the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister after Sir Robert Menzies. He previously served as Treasurer in the government led by Malcolm Fraser from 1977-1983 and was Leader of the Liberal Party (thus also Leader of the Coalition Opposition) from 1985-1989 through the 1987 election against Bob Hawke. Elected again as Leader of the Opposition in 1995, Howard became the Prime Minister of Australia after defeating incumbent Paul Keating in the 1996 election. His government was re-elected in the 1998, 2001 and 2004 elections.

Peter M. Robinson is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he writes about business and politics, edits Hoover's quarterly journal, the Hoover Digest, and hosts Hoover's television program, Uncommon Knowledge.

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[Benju3148]

@mlawren7 The GST.

[mlawren7]

"Liberal economics, globalisation, lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty." So why to this day do most Australians believe these are Liberal Party agendas when it was Whitlam who reduced tariffs by 25%, it was Hawke/Keating who reduced them further, doubled productivity and opened trade and international banking. Everybody associates these things with the Coalition, when none of it was. What key liberal economic reform did Howard introduce? Anyone... anyone?

[mlawren7]

@wickedguy333 It's easy to look good when you get a free ride.

[wickedguy333]

Best PM Australia ever had

[kevinherbert]

This dirty little prick...a neocon arse licker...out of his depth emotionally & politically..he should be gaoled for allowing 2 Aussies to be held without charge & tortured...I'd spit in his face if the chance arose.

[MrReco12]

@girlznguitarz

Thathcer also doubled poverty!

[403766]

@girlznguitarz

I could wirte for hours how selctive you are being but all i have to say is the country would have turned into what greece isnow without her and our standard of living would be shit, inflation was 26.3% when she took over and the fact remains that labour is incapable of managing an economy, she SAVED us, there was obviously goin to be people who suffered whoever took over as it was in such a state already, she gave the poor a better standard of living, and got voted 3 times in

[girlznguitarz]

@403766  You're pretty sure???? Goodness do the research.....ask The Scottish nation what Maggie Thatcher did to Scotland....Pinochet the dictator and people murderer was one of her advisors...what part of that dont you get?

[403766]

@girlznguitarz

I'm pretty sure thats not what it was like...

[Wallabytrack]

@chickenhouse Well said,trouble is the Pompeous puppet headed cunt keeps turning up everywhere telling everyone how good he was,His Obama not getting elected no way prediction,was a good shot in the foot after the yanks howled him down and told him to mind his own business,Good Riddance,to the arrogant little twat!